Senate Republicans effectively blocked debate on a resolution to oppose President George W. Bush’s Iraq troop surge in what amounts to a filibuster. Only seven Republicans voted for a motion to have a full debate, leaving the Democrats 4 votes short of the 60 needed. The vote was 56 for debate, 34 against.

AP: Senate Gridlocks on Iraq War Resolution

Sen. John MCain, R-Arizona, missed the vote. He was back home in his district courting evangelical Christians in his run for president. He will be in South Carolina on Sunday talking about “abstinence” from sex, according to the AP.

Which brings up another point. We absolutely refuse to run the story today that Britney Spears may or may not have been in and escaped from a drug rehab program - and shaved her head. Who cares?

Was that the lead story today on your Internet Service Provider’s home page? I’ll bet a six-pack of Yuengling it was.

Hey BellSouth, I mean AT&T. Hey Charter and Comcast and Cox. Hey AOL and MSN. What is more important? Britney’s shaved head or a war debate in the U.S. Senate?

Make the Locust Fork News your home page, and read about the most important things going on in the world in the Locust Fork Journal. Add us to your browser favorites today!

Tags: Iraq War

This entry was posted on Saturday, February 17th, 2007 at 1:41 pm and is filed under Uncategorized. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.